Bobby Schilling: “I know these roads—lived here my whole life. I know our people, our places, and our perseverance. I know our struggles—and our successes. This is my home. This is where Christie and I are raising our 10 kids. It’s where I started our family restaurant. I know first-hand how Washington makes it hard for families and workers, and I want to stop it. I’m Bobby Schilling, and I approve this message because I know we’re all on this road together.”

*** UPDATE *** From the Cheri Bustos campaign…

“Bobby Schilling’s first ad is a blatant attempt to hide the ‘Real Bobby Schilling’s’ record of putting the Tea Party first and Illinois middle class families last. In Congress, Schilling voted to protect tax breaks for corporations that ship jobs overseas, to end the Medicare guarantee for seniors and walked out of a public meeting with workers whose jobs were shipped to China. Now he’s making a six figure salary working for one of his campaign contributors helping wealthy Chinese businessmen game the immigration system. If this is what he means by ‘leading by example’ Illinois working families will reject him once again this November.”

Bustos and Schilling have the best campaign ads this year. The DCCC Bost Ad is the best I’ve seen by an outside group. What is the media buy on this ad? I know Schilling has not been raising a bunch of money, but if he can get money behind this it could move numbers.

Schilling had big dollar fundraisers with Majority Leader McCarthy in Peoria and Boehner in the Quad Cites. He’s getting the money. And I also love the radio ad against Bustos from an outside group. Without an Obama surge, Bustos is done. Schilling is working hard but a bit below statewide radar. Plus Bustos mortally wounded herself on that broken promise if giving back 10% of her pay. That is personal greed.

Wordslinger is right on — the national consultants don’t get it.
They use good video from the district — believable, good video that works. I live in the 17th and highly recommend that candidates who come out with good positive stuff may differentiate and win.

Bustos’ best response is to complain that Bobby is making 6 figures in a non-government job? Bustos makes 6 figures as a Congresswoman. And she’d still make 6 figures if she kept her promise to return 10% of her salary—which she still refuses to make good on. People love that…